X-MEN: OMEGA #1: ...Endings

This is the end

Hiatus Imminent

Hey everybody!

It has been a tremendous pleasure to bring you UNCANNY X-CERPTS nearly every week for the last seven years.

In 2023 I was able to devote a lot of time to this little project, which was good because there were a lot of X-Men comics to talk about as I started covering X-Men Volume 2 / X-Men 1991 / Adjectiveless X-Men. Somehow I found myself equal to the challenge as I kept up the pace and covered as many comics as I wanted to in that year.

Un-fortunately, real life does exist. Work is looking to be a lot more "worky" in the near future, and I don't know what that means for my free time. I don't do a lot of blogging during "office hours" but with certain changes in my routine there may be a knock-on effect of less time to write about X-Men.

For some of the foreseeable future, it may be wise to adjust my routine and not stress myself out by thinking about when I am going to find time to write 1000-2000 words about X-Men every week. There is always an urge to push through and keep topping yourself, but I think this is wisest. The Age of Apocalypse provides a good place to hit pause.

My intention is to write up X-Men Omega, hopefully on schedule for next Monday, but maybe not, and then step back. I don't know how long it will take me to get my bearings: maybe only a week or two, maybe more than a month. Overall I am happier when writing this blog is part of my routine, but I need to know what that routine is going to look like before I commit.

I know that nobody will have a problem with this and everyone will be supportive, but I like you guys too much to ever just disappear without in some way addressing it first. This blog has been going on for a long time and I've somehow always found time and mental energy for it and I have no reason to doubt that will continue to be the case.

For my Ko-Fi supporters, I hope to give you something during this layover, at least a post per month.

Thanks again for your support, encouragement, understanding, and X-Fandom. If you want to find me, I'm spending a lot of time on Bluesky these days and consciously avoiding certain other social media platforms (though there are still good people there, and lots of folks who click my links there, so I am still "around.")

Keep on rockin

-Scotto

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The X-Men aim to shut Holocaust down once and for all

AMAZING X-MEN #3: Parents of the Atom

Magneto and Apocalypse face off!

ASTONISHING X-MEN #3: In Excess

The X-Men take the fight to Holocaust

AMAZING X-MEN #2: Sacrificial Lambs

The X-Men gaze into the Abyss -- and the Abyss gazes also into them!!